★★★★★
On 2006's The Alternative, former Sneaker Pimp Chris Corner insisted, "I want to know how to survive in the nightlife," but the album's sultry club beats and sexual confidence suggested he should be the one dispensing advice. Yet for all of his pulsing rhythms and S&M; imagery, Corner has always been most seductive, musically speaking, during his slow songs...
- www.altpress.com
2009-12-10
★★★★★
IAMX is Chris Corner, formerly of Sneaker Pimps. While his former band was steeped in the '90s trip-hop craze alongside peers Portishead and Massive Attack, Corner's new project was built upon the trippy world of electro club music and an added healthy dose of guitar. The Alternative, the band's second disc, drags us all into the underground funk of anonymous eroticism set to a Bowie-inspired backdrop of new glam rock.IAMX is cabaret for 21st century fans of music on the fringe...
- www.ink19.com
2009-07-20
★★★★★
Poor Sneaker Pimps. The Reading, England trio has always been eclipsed by the trip-hop power trio of Massive Attack, Portishead, and Tricky, whose respective genre-defining debuts (Blue Lines, Dummy and Maxinquaye) made the Pimps' fine but late-to-the-game 1996 LP Becoming X seem somewhat irrelevant. Despite that, the band persevered, building a name for themselves on the strength of a solid single ("6 Underground") and the Armand Van Helden-remixed club hit "Spin Spin Sugar"...
- pitchfork.com
2009-06-08